Posted on 09/25/2023 1:59:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Lets answer the old question many numismatists make: "For how long did ancient coins circulate?" Lets take a look at some examples of Roman coins and hoards and try to come up with an answer.
How long Did Roman Coins Stay in Circulation? | 18:38
Classical Numismatics | 17.2K subscribers | 51,039 views | September 9, 2023
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toldinstone | 423K subscribers | 57,015 views | September 22, 2023
How long will U. S. coinage and currency be “around?”
Currency, not so long in historical terms.
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Very cool post! :)
Sounds like a tall tail...
Thanks!
I bought a Roman coin at a coin show a few years ago. Does that count?
Had some years ago...I should have never sold. Ha!!
I have some silver rounds...just a hedge. Going around 23 or so an oz. Metals are weird right now......
But old coins are nice and many are worth a lot of money.
I’ve had blood tests, and there has never been any sign of Roman coins in my circulatory system. Wait, what?
Fake paper, silver plated copper and copper plated zinc coins. We live in the last days of the Roman Empire.
Yup, that’s why a quarter is called “two bits”.
Thanks for posting that pic.
Potosi: The Silver Mine that Changed the World
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It’s pretty cool. It was the source as you know for the old term “Two Bits” and “Four Bits” for quarters and half dollars. Two “Bits” was a quarter eight and four was a half eight.
Yep, you beat me to it... :)
I’ve read that Roman coins were in circulation for so long and so many were minted over nearly a millennia, that even today so many still exist that they aren’t worth a whole lot. Lol! Basically, somebody finds a few Roman coins and thinks they will be rich only to find out they’re worth $50.
20 billion Roman coins were made.
Some were gold aureus which are still around today.
The Carthaginians made silver elephant coins in 200 B.C.
In 1749 a hoard of Carthaginian coins was found in the Azores.
When the Romans sacked Carthage, they found no gold nor any gold coins. 4 successive Roman emperors searched also but came up empty. The Carthaginians had an endless supply of gold from the Gold Coast. They paid the Romans hundreds of talents of gold every year. No gold elephant coin has ever been found except one. A gold elephant coin was found in the 1800’ s in a mountain cave in the US by a boy. It is in a small museum to this very day. If Carthaginians made it to Azores,they could have made it to Massachusetts and futher.
The boy said the cave was strewn with thousands of gold elephant coins. It was published in newspaper in 1950’s.
The cave was shown to him by two Indian boys. I saw the gold elephant coin and handled it. I have a photo of it. The story and gold coin were handed down from father to son and finally donated to the local museum.
Apparently in order for them to be worth a lot, you have to show the provenance of them...I’m not sure why...maybe they’re too easy to counterfeit.
what a great video; you post SO MANY fascinating Historical / Archaeological articles. Thank You for your Many Years of contributions here.
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